NBA

[Arch]

Was just curious how many of you actually follow the NBA, or just watch it.

If you do post your fav team


I have like a few

Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics, and the Suns

[Black_Apalachi]

I was at a Knicks game a couple years ago and it was so boring lol

[Arch]

Tbh i find basketball one of the more fun sports to watch.

This will probably anger alot of people but soccer (american soccer) i find really boring cuz i mean they only score a few goals a game same with hockey but in basketball its always fast paced.

just my opinion although everyones is different

[Black_Apalachi]

That's what I like about football compared to other sports; the scores are usually very close rather than it going to like 30-12. The latter of which imo is just boring

[Browney]

You can never compare the feeling of a goal that has come in the last minute of extra time to win you a tight, but previously goal-less final after all the tension in you was building for 90 minutes to a hoop in basketball. Football has less goals, yes, but each one of them means so much more.

[Arch]

That is true, although its just boring well for me atleast. I mean when they score that goal it would be really exciting but the last 90 minutes seems like a waste of going back and forth.

Anyways i dont really care lmao i was just wondering what peoples fav teams were if they watched

[Eoin]

Mon the Celtics like!

[DieselShaq]

Uh, yeah, just look at my signature LOL

Basketball is fast paced (due to the 24-second shot clock) and generally why I prefer watching it over football. In basketball, the momentum can just switch so quickly from one team to another that even a 20-point deficit can mean nothing in the end. I remember when the Lakers came back from 20 points down at then end of the first quarter to win game 4 against the Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference Finals.

Sorry for the bad quality, but here you go.

Another epic moment (better than the goal in "last minute of extra time to win you a tight, but previously goal-less final" in football) from basketball was when Derek Fisher hit a shot with 0.4s left in the game to win it for the Lakers over Spurs. If you don't feel like watching everything, just watch the first 11 seconds, then skip to 1:42 here.

Last epic moment, again from the Lakers, is Kobe Bryant's two buzzer-beating three's, one in regulation to tie and another in 2OT to win the game against Portland: here.

Basketball really rarely gets boring with all the killer crossovers, alley-oop action, big time rejections and circus shots. In football, though, passing can be the name of the game and it just gets really boring. Oh and one more thing that puts basketball over football, the cheerleaders

[Black_Apalachi]

Those are some amazing clips I'm not gonna argue about which sport has the better build-up with more epic moments because football is more important to me as basketball is more important to you so we will never agree. I doubt I will ever see a more mesmerising sporting event than the Champions League final of 2005. Of course that's biased but I've never heard anyone deny how awesome that was - regardless of what football team they support. The speed of basketball is reduced for me with all the time outs and breaks, I just find it really frustrating to watch like that even though as you've pointed out, it does have its epic moments as do all sports.

Anyway, in that second Lakers clip, why do they all run into the dressing room before they find out whether it is going to be given or not?!

[DieselShaq]

Yeah, we're never going to agree. There's no point in an "argument" for this. Of course, the timeouts during the course of the game and occasional extended free throw shooting time (mostly by Tim Duncan) does make it frustrating at times for me as well, but it's part of the game and doesn't really happen in most games. I guess another thing that kinda puts basketball ahead of football is that the timezones make the "big games", namely Champions League finals and night games in Europe all like, 3 AM or 4 AM over here when I'm asleep.

I'm not so sure about why the run to the lockers, but I'm guessing it's because it was the playoffs and the rivalry between San Antonio and the Lakers is just quite big and they don't want to hear it from the fans in San Antonio if the refs disallowed it.